Telehealth is not an option for hematology and oncology patients or the DC team who takes care of them. Veteran patients must come in for blood smears, biopsies, radiographic exams and chemotherapy.
Air Force Veteran had two heart attacks and quadruple bypass surgery this summer. Thanks to VA telehealth and new pilot program, he receives almost all his post-surgical care and monitoring at home.
VA hosted a “Topping Out” event for a new Terre Haute clinic and Veterans were invited to sign one of the beams in the facility. The clinic will provide many VA health care services.
What should Veterans do if they need to reschedule a VA health appointment that was cancelled due to COVID-19? Contact your VA health care provider directly. Here’s information and links you need.
Dr. Latasha Thomas, a Washington, D.C., VA physical therapist, helps Veterans with their physical therapy at home using VA Video Connect. An Army Veteran sent a letter expressing his appreciation for her care.
After VA nurse and Army Veteran Maxine Lindsay-Shillingford was diagnosed with COVID-19, her VA telehealth nurse Joanna Sainvil helped save her as she recovered at home.
VA's Precision Oncology program has significantly grown over the past several years and today is used in almost every VA oncology practice nationwide.
Donated Garland VA Medical Center will serve as an in-patient overflow unit with a capacity for over 208 beds. “We are preparing in case we need to take some load off the main hospital in Dallas.”
VA’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) quintupled the capacity of its primary telehealth system, VA Video Connect, to allow more clinicians and patients to conduct remote appointments simultaneously. Veterans Health Administration clinicians now conduct close to 30,000 telehealth video appointments a day, compared to fewer than 2,500 video appointments each day in January and February.
Veterans are increasingly using VA technologies like My HealtheVet, VA’s online health portal, and VA Video Connect, VA’s video visit application. Telehealth visits have increased by 1,132 percent.
William Vaughn’s Huey helicopter was sprayed with a herbicide that packed a lifelong punch. Today, he uses telehealth on a regular basis to meet with his VA psychologist to discuss his chronic pain.
There’s no doubt about it — 2020 was a record-setting […]